Oklahoma woman claims spaghetti strainer as religious headwear in license picture

[lafinjack]

Comments

[layweed]

I guess it's supposed to be an important display or something or other but I can't help but feel this whole thing is just so silly. Silly silliness.

[teaoli]

Her case might be silly, but where I live, a man had to fight for his right to wear his colander in his photo. Motor Vehicle Commission employees called the cops on him. (My state uses facial recognition software to scan the photos and compare than to those of fugitives and also to detect when people are trying to make false identities.)

[fabrisse]

Yesterday, someone was not allowed to re-enlist in the Air Force because s/he was an atheist and, as of October 2013, the phrase "so help me God" is required. I think this may be silly, but it is also important.

[moonbladem]

That's absolutely insane. What does one's religion or lack thereof, or even their sexual orientation, have to do with serving their country?

[sassalicious]

Seriously? My friend is in the military and he is 100% out and out atheist. I should ask him about this.

[lafinjack]

While all the services operate under the same Department of Defense regulations (and then have their own individual sets of regulations) they each interpret them differently. In this case, it's the Air Force specifically who are being dicks. It's not the first time.

[sassalicious]

I like the requisite comment from a butthurt Evangelical at the end basically whining about being persecuted against.

Yeah, my friend is army (and also not affiliated with West Point at all), so maybe things are a bit different.

I wonder how much being located in Colorado Springs plays into what is happening at the Air Force Academy?

[lafinjack]

I wonder how much being located in Colorado Springs plays into what is happening at the Air Force Academy?

[beuk]

Just like Highlights magazine it's fun with a purpose.